AHHH! I hate school so much!!! I've been doing homework all weekend and trying to get a chapter done at the same time, so this is a really boring kinda sucky chapter. Just give me till Tuesday when my stupid Psych teacher decides to cut us a break. Thanks for the reviews, I love ya all!!!!!!!!!!!
Remy was sitting on a tree branch outside the Darkholme residents where he had a good view of the front door and Rogue's room. She seemed to be alone, the step mother and the brother leaving hours ago, but he wanted to be sure. Though he didn't mind just watching her lay on her bed with her elbow propped up reading a book. Still he needed to break out of his reverie and get her out of Bayville, fast.
In two swift motions Remy swung himself to the tree right by her window and with a not so smooth dive he tumbled to the floor of Rogue's room.
"Remy!" she cried not in anger but in fear, "What are ya doin here? Ya gotta leave!"
Still on the floor, back up, Remy replied, "Non cherie, it's ya dat's gotta leave. Logan, de white haired chick, an Xavier are after ya. Dey dink dat ya an Mystique worked together to try an hurt Jean. Now dey lookin for ya."
Rogue had made her way to the floor and was now kneeling next to Remy, who had raised himself on his elbows.
"Ah swear Remy ah didn't mean to hurt Jean, an ah haven't even spoken to mah mama in two months! She came to the school just to bring meh home. She was angry at meh because ah didn't come home last night an ah guess she squeezed the truth out of Kurt, she was angry an said ah'd never see ya again. Then Logan, oh ah don't know!" Rogue cried covering her face with her gloved hands. "Why am ah always stuck in the middle of her problems?"
Rogue began to sob and immediately Remy wrapped both his arms around her, pulling her to him. He didn't know what to do. He guessed that the best thing at the time would be to get her to his place, but he knew it wouldn't be long till someone found her. The Professors words still rung in his ear and they made his heart stop beating.
"Ororo, go find the girl, she's dangerous! Get Logan and get her back here by any means possible," he had said. Something else followed but Remy hadn't heard because he had already begun running after her. They had called his name a few times, but he hadn't been listening.
"Common cherie, let's go to my house for awhile an work dis out, I ain't gonna let anythin happen to ya."
Rogue had ceased sobbing but she was still trembling. "But Mystique, she'll kill ya if she finds out ah!" she cried.
"Forget bout me!" Remy replied as he stood, "I'm worried bout you Rogue."
Rogue felt more tears slide down her cheek, only they weren't tears of frustration and fear. Someone wanted to help her, actually help her!
She almost smiled before there was a loud bang at the door and Remy stepped in front of her protectively charging a card. There was one louder bang before the door completely fell and Logan stormed in, his razor claws out and ready to use.
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This is bullshit! Lance thought as he sat on the coach of the boarding house he was staying at. It was 8:30 and he should be making out with Kitty by now, but instead he was in the living room with his other nasty roommates, whom he had barely spoken a word too, getting a lecture from their landlord. Which he was totally ignoring till her normal voice suddenly became very harsh and she seemed to become a different person.
"Alright boys, it's time to see what you've got! I have a plan for Monday that will cripple Xavier's career and he'll be out of our hair!"
At this, Toad, who was crouched in a chair, began scratching his greasy hair. It grossed Lance out but he continued to stare at the woman who was talking, he was completely lost.
"I think the first thing we need to do is distract Logan and that piece of trash Ororo. We'll leave that up to Pietro and Toad, while the rest of you go after the Professor! I'll be back Monday morning with blue prints and an exact plan. Until then I want you boys in the back yard working your asses off! I can't have my Brotherhood being sloppy!"
"Brotherhood?" Lance finally asked, still very unaware of what was going on or what she was talking about, it defiantly didn't sound good.
"Mr. Alver's," the woman said with a cynical smile, "the newest member of our happy little family. Didn't your parents tell you about our little deal?" Lance shook his head about to reply but the woman cut him off. "What a shame, now I have to waste precious time going over this! Well let's make this quick. The only reason you're here paying absolutely no rent and getting all the food and supplies you need is because your parents have made a deal with me. I give you shelter and look after you for the small price of being a member of my terrorist mutant organization. That sum it up well enough Alver's?"
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Kitty was getting worried; it was already midnight and still no Lance. He had called saying he'd be a little late, but this was ridicules, four hours was defiantly more than a little. But she her anger had quickly turned into fear and she dialed his cell phone for the hundredth time that night, once again nothing but a no service recording.
Throwing herself on the bed Kitty threw a pillow over her head. She was seriously thinking about sneaking out and going to find him. She thought she knew where he lived. An old worn down place on the edge of town, not any place Kitty would look at twice, but it was good enough if it was the only place he had to live.
When Kitty heard the small creak of her door opening she jumped up and almost cried with joy, it was Lance!
Getting off the bed she went to him and flung her arms around his neck. He wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her to him till her feet were off the ground. She was giggling and waiting to hear his deep soothing laughter, but it never came.
Pulling her face from his chest she looked at his face and saw that he was upset about something.
"What's wrong Lance, aren't you like happy to see me?" Kitty asked nervously.
"Of course Pretty Kitty," he replied managing a small smile while putting her back on her feet. "I just can't stay long, some things have come up and…" at this his voice broke off and the feint glimmer of happiness in his eyes completely faded. Kitty didn't like it.
"What sort of things?" she asked, very anxious.
"Please Kitty," Lance said leaning forward and giving her a desperate but sweet kiss. "Don't ask me o.k. All you need to know is that I love you no matter what happens."
"What? Lance, I'm so confused…" Kitty was silenced with another longer more passionate kiss that left her breathless so that as he turned and walked out she couldn't say anything more.
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Kurt was sitting on Amanda's bed, it was late and his sister was missing, but when Amanda had called him he couldn't resist coming over. What had happened earlier still puzzled and thrilled him. She had seen him in his true form, tail and all, and after a little gasp that Kurt felt break his heart she simply asked why he hadn't told her, then they had spent a good part of the afternoon just talking, talking like they had till he screwed things up. She knew about his mutation, she knew and yet she didn't care. It didn't disturb her at all, didn't make her want to run away. It was because of this acceptance that Kurt realized he was falling hard for this girl and that he didn't want to be separated from her.
But at the moment they weren't talking, they were just sitting there holding each other. Amanda was leaning heavily on Kurt's shoulder her eyelids heavy with tiredness. She still wasn't sure why she called Kurt; after all she had only had a nightmare, but something about it scared her to the point where she didn't want to be alone. So she had called Kurt and being the amazing guy he was he came and together they fell asleep, Kurt's blue fur caressing her cheek.
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"Geeze kid, you sure did a number on my chin, it usually doesn't take this long for my healing powers to kick in," Logan said turning to look at the two teenagers in the back seat of his car.
"Sorry," she said humbly with a little blush.
Things had not been pretty at first. To put it in a nutshell Logan had come storming in. Rogue and Remy had tried; key word tried, to defend them, but Logan had both their asses on floor in seconds, and explained the whole thing, or at least half of it.
Logan had been on the search for Mystique when Ororo called his cell phone saying that he needed to find Rogue and get her back safe, and that the Professor hadn't exactly said the right thing when Remy left off. But Logan had been more interested in finding Mystique and since she didn't have a smell he followed Rogue's, and when he had arrived he had heard a thud upstairs thinking Mystique was hurting Rouge he had just gone all out commando.
So here the three of them were, sitting in a very nice Jaguar, silent, heading back for Xavier's house at the other end of town. Not like Rogue minded, she hoped that this was her chance to get away from Mystique. She just worried about Kurt, he was still stuck with her, not like Kurt would mind as much, for some reason he still loved her.
Rogue rested her head against the window loving the cool feel of it against her untouchable skin. Mystique's words were still ringing through her head and made her want to cry.
"Where the hell have you been staying Rogue? According to Kurt you've been running off and sleeping at some boy's house! What were you thinking Rogue? Not only could you have hurt him and brought attention to your powers but did you consider that maybe he could be an enemy! How stupid are you girl? Oh let me guess, you thought hey here's a guy whose paying attention to me, let me see how long I can play this out till he finds out I'm a mutant! Very smart Rogue! You are never leaving this house again unless I say so! I knew you weren't the smartest of girls, but I never thought you capable of this!"
As if reading her thought Remy slid his firm hand into hers, making her look away from the yellow lines of the road. She looked directly into his glowing eyes and smiled weakly. She still couldn't get over the fact that he had been willing to help her. Even after he had said he wouldn't leave her she hadn't fully believed him, now she did.
She moved her mouth into a silent "I love you" and Remy just repeated the action and gave her a wink. Neither had noticed that they pulled into the driveway of the biggest house in Bayville.